the oldest victim of the post office scandal. england midfielderjordan henderson arrives in amsterdam to finalise his move away from saudi arabia. and i ve hiked in to the mourne mountains this morning to find the stonemasons repairing a 100 year old wall built by their grandfather. and coming up on bbc news, emma raducanu is out of the australian open after losing to chinese player wang yafan. the brit struggled during the three hour match, after eight months out with injury. good evening from belfast, on a day when northern ireland has seen the biggest day of strike action in 50 years. more than 100,000 public sector workers have walked out in a dispute over pay. schools have been closed. health services and public transport have been badly affected. the dispute has been complicated by the fact that there s been no functioning government here for two years. union leaders say workers are being used as pawns in negotiations with westminster about restoring power sharing at st
of rostov on don. the wagner mercer group have seized key sites after launching that rebellion against the army in rostov on don and there have been reports of fighting in voronezh which is halfway between rostov and moscow after the wagner group claimed a russian helicopter opened fire on a convoy of their vehicles. welcome back. we return to the developing situation in russia let s take a look at what we know so far following the dramatic escalation of infighting. prigozhin says his forces have taken the city of rostov and have seized military facilities in voroneszh which is on the way to moscow as well. there s increased security in moscow with what s being called anti terror measures the m4 motorway which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down. and the russian p
a bit of snow across parts of north west england, into wales as well. snow showers have cleared away now from the east coast. for the rest of this evening and tonight, icy stretches from northern ireland into wales, where we have the wintry showers, a lot more snow to come, several more centimetres accumulating for the north of scotland. already about a0 centimetres in places. temperature is not quite as low as recent nights, but a or 5, even in parts of towns and cities. a sharp frost for your friday morning. for most of us, friday is fine and dry with wintry sunshine. feeling cold, but not as cold as it has been. more snow across the north of scotland, is the milder air moves in it will gradually turn back to rain at lower levels later in the day. top temperature is about five or six for most of us during the day on friday. as we move into the weekend, high pressure slips away towards the south east. the weather fronts are starting to move in from the atlantic. i think sa
hits paris. before that, the world is ready for the hits paris. before that, the world is ready for the eurovision - hits paris. before that, the world is ready for the eurovision song i is ready for the eurovision song contest in malmo because the pie will bring you the latest news and gossip on the bbc news channel. let s turn to the us a school board in virginia has voted in favour of restoring the previously removed names of three confederate military leaders to two schools. the motion undid a decision from 2020, which had removed the names of the men who had fought for the pro slavery southern states during the civil war. before making the decision, the school board heard arguments both in favour and against the proposal. i m a black student, and if the names are restored, i would have to represent a man that fought for my ancestors to be slaves. that makes me feel like i m disrespecting my ancestors and going against what my family and i believe, which is that we sh
begin the trading week. in positive territory. we will talk about what will move them later in the week later in the programme. we are joined by a french entrepreneur described as a rock star in the world of proud funding. she will reveal to us her latest plans shortly. and the winner is. la la land. moonlight? sort out the autocue! what a night. what is your warren beatty moment? get in touch. welcome to the programme. one of europe s biggest mergers looks like it is off. the london stock exchange and its german rival the deutsche boerse say their coming together is unlikely to be approved by the european commission. the merger was supposed to be worth just over $30 billion and would have created a giant trading powerhouse that would better compete against its big us rivals. when they announced the deal last year the two companies said together they should be able to make cost savings of $475 million a year, about 20% of the combined group s operating costs. they had already